An ophthalmic examination support system of an embodiment includes a server and clients. The server includes a medical information storage apparatus that stores medical information on each patient, and a management apparatus that manages the medical information. Each of the clients can communicate with the management apparatus. The system includes an association information storage unit and an examination condition obtaining unit. The association information storage unit stores, in advance, association information in which association between predetermined medical information items and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination is recorded. The examination condition obtaining unit receives medical information retrieved from the medical information storage apparatus by the management apparatus based on patient information transmitted from one of the clients, and obtains an examination condition corresponding to at least part of the received medical information from the association information. The client executes control based on the examination condition obtained.
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1. An ophthalmic examination support system comprising: a server that comprises a medical information storage apparatus configured to store medical information on each patient, and a management apparatus configured to manage the medical information stored in the medical information storage apparatus; and a plurality of clients each of which is capable of communicating with the management apparatus, wherein the ophthalmic examination support system comprises: an association information storage unit configured to store, in advance, association information in which association between predetermined medical information items and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination is recorded; and an examination condition obtaining unit configured to receive medical information retrieved from the medical information storage apparatus by the management apparatus based on patient information transmitted from one of the plurality of clients, and to obtain an examination condition corresponding to at least part of the received medical information from the association information, wherein the one of the plurality of clients comprises a controller configured to execute control based on the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit, the medical information stored in the medical information storage apparatus comprises genetic information of a patient, the association information comprises first association information in which association between related genetic information of predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and the examination condition obtaining unit comprises a first obtaining unit configured to execute a first process of determining whether genetic information retrieved based on the patient information comprises any of the related genetic information comprised in the first association information, and a second process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to related genetic information that has been determined to be comprised in the retrieved genetic information from the first association information, wherein the first obtaining unit executes a process of determining a risk of a specific disease from the genetic information retrieved based on the patient information in the first process, and a process of obtaining an examination condition from the risk of the specific disease in the second process.
2. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls a display device to display the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit.
3. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of clients comprises an examination unit for performing examination of an eye of the patient, and the controller controls the examination unit based on the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit.
4. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of clients is capable of communicating with an ophthalmic examination apparatus for performing examination of an eye of the patient, and the controller transmits the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit to the ophthalmic examination apparatus.
5. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 1 , wherein the medical information stored in the medical information storage apparatus comprises an image of an eye of the patient, the association information comprises second association information in which association between feature information indicating morphological features and/or functional features of eyes suffering from predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and the examination condition obtaining unit comprises a second obtaining unit configured to execute a process of analyzing an image retrieved based on the patient information to determine whether the retrieved image indicates any of the morphological features and/or the functional features comprised in the second association information, and a process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to feature information indicating a morphological feature and/or a functional feature determined to be indicated in the retrieved image from the second association information.
6. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 1 , wherein the medical information stored in the medical information storage apparatus comprises image analysis data obtained through analysis of an image of an eye of the patient, the association information comprises second association information in which association between feature information indicating morphological features and/or functional features of eyes suffering from predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and the examination condition obtaining unit comprises a third obtaining unit configured to execute a process of determining whether image analysis data retrieved based on the patient information corresponds to any of the feature information comprised in the second association information, and a process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to feature information determined to correspond to the retrieved image analysis data from the second association information.
7. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 5 , wherein the image comprises an OCT image acquired using optical coherence tomography.
8. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 6 , wherein the image comprises an OCT image acquired using optical coherence tomography.
9. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 2 , wherein the one of the plurality of clients comprises an examination unit for performing examination of an eye of the patient, and the controller controls the examination unit based on the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit.
10. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 2 , wherein the one of the plurality of clients is capable of communicating with an ophthalmic examination apparatus for performing examination of an eye of the patient, and the controller transmits the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit to the ophthalmic examination apparatus.
11. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 2 , wherein the medical information stored in the medical information storage apparatus comprises image analysis data obtained through analysis of an image of an eye of the patient, the association information comprises second association information in which association between feature information indicating morphological features and/or functional features of eyes suffering from predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and the examination condition obtaining unit comprises a third obtaining unit configured to execute a process of determining whether image analysis data retrieved based on the patient information corresponds to any of the feature information comprised in the second association information, and a process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to feature information determined to correspond to the retrieved image analysis data from the second association information.
12. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 2 , wherein the medical information stored in the medical information storage apparatus comprises an image of an eye of the patient, the association information comprises second association information in which association between feature information indicating morphological features and/or functional features of eyes suffering from predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and the examination condition obtaining unit comprises a second obtaining unit configured to execute a process of analyzing an image retrieved based on the patient information to determine whether the retrieved image indicates any of the morphological features and/or the functional features comprised in the second association information, and a process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to feature information indicating a morphological feature and/or a functional feature determined to be indicated in the retrieved image from the second association information.
13. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 3 , wherein the one of the plurality of clients is capable of communicating with an ophthalmic examination apparatus for performing examination of the eye of the patient, and the controller transmits the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit to the ophthalmic examination apparatus.
14. The ophthalmic examination support system of claim 3 , wherein the medical information stored in the medical information storage apparatus comprises an image of the eye of the patient, the association information comprises second association information in which association between feature information indicating morphological features and/or functional features of eyes suffering from predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and the examination condition obtaining unit comprises a second obtaining unit configured to execute a process of analyzing an image retrieved based on the patient information to determine whether the retrieved image indicates any of the morphological features and/or the functional features comprised in the second association information, and a process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to feature information indicating a morphological feature and/or a functional feature determined to be indicated in the retrieved image from the second association information.
15. An ophthalmic examination support server comprising: a medical information storage unit configured to store medical information on each patient; an association information storage unit configured to store, in advance, association information in which association between predetermined medical information items and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination is recorded; a communication unit configured to receive patient information transmitted from one of a plurality of clients; a retrieving unit configured to retrieve medical information from the medical information storage unit based on the patient information received; and an examination condition obtaining unit configured to obtain an examination condition corresponding to at least part of the retrieved medical information from the association information, wherein the communication unit transmits the examination condition obtained by the examination condition obtaining unit to the one of the plurality of clients, the medical information stored in the medical information storage unit comprises genetic information of a patient, the association information comprises first association information in which association between related genetic information of predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and the examination condition obtaining unit comprises a first obtaining unit configured to execute a first process of determining whether genetic information retrieved based on the patient information comprises any of the related genetic information comprised in the first association information, and a second process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to related genetic information that has been determined to be comprised in the retrieved genetic information from the first association information, wherein the first obtaining unit executes a process of determining a risk of a specific disease from the genetic information retrieved based on the patient information in the first process, and a process of obtaining an examination condition from the risk of the specific disease in the second process.
16. An ophthalmic examination support device comprising: a communication unit configured to transmit patient information to a server that manages medical information on each patient and stores, in advance, association information in which association between predetermined medical information items and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination is recorded, and receive an examination condition obtained from the association information based on the patient information from the server; and a controller configured to execute control based on the examination condition received, wherein the medical information comprises genetic information of a patient, the association information comprises first association information in which association between related genetic information of predetermined disease and examination conditions of an ophthalmic examination relating to the predetermined disease is recorded, and wherein the ophthalmic examination support device is configured to receive the examination condition from an examination condition obtaining unit comprising a first obtaining unit configured to execute a first process of determining whether genetic information retrieved based on the patient information comprises any of the related genetic information comprised in the first association information, and a second process of obtaining an examination condition corresponding to related genetic information that has been determined to be comprised in the retrieved genetic information from the first association information, wherein the first obtaining unit executes a process of determining a risk of a specific disease from the genetic information retrieved based on the patient information in the first process, and a process of obtaining an examination condition from the risk of the specific disease in the second process.
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